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Jason Arnott scored three goals and Pekka Rinne made 30 saves for his sixth shutout of the season in Nashville's rout of Detroit last night.

The Predators chased Ty Conklin with four goals in the first 9:51. Arnott scored less than a minute after Chris Osgood entered the game for Detroit.

The Predators had five first-period goals for the first time in their history. They scored the last three goals of the first period in 1:24, the fastest they've scored three on home ice.

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• Canadiens 3, Sharks 2: Andrei Markov and Saku Koivu each had a goal and an assist in Montreal's three-goal first period to beat San Jose. Jaroslav Halak made 44 saves.

• Capitals 4, Bruins 3, OT: Alexander Semin scored on a slap shot from just inside the red line only 22 seconds into overtime to lift Washington.

• Rangers 6, Avalanche 1: Ryan Callahan and Nikolai Zherdev scored in the first 68 seconds, and New York gave coach John Tortorella his first win as Rangers coach. Petr Prucha and Scott Gomez also scored in New York's four-goal first period.

• Devils 7, Panthers 2: Zach Parise had two goals and an assist and New Jersey raced to a 5-0 lead.

• Thrashers 5, Hurricanes 3: Rich Peverley scored two of Atlanta's four third-period goals, and Ilya Kovalchuk had two goals and three assists.

• Blues 3, Coyotes 1: Rookie David Perron scored the winning goal on a third-period power play, and Chris Mason made 26 saves for St. Louis. The Blues won for the fourth time in their past five games.

• Ducks 4, Stars 3: Corey Perry scored the tying goal at 8:50 of the third period, Teemu Selanne added the winner 1:31 later and Anaheim handed Dallas its fourth straight home loss.

• Islanders 2, Sabres 0: Yann Danis made 31 saves for his second straight shutout at home, and Sean Bergenheim scored twice for New York.

• Maple Leafs 4, Senators 3, OT: Pavel Kubina scored 33 seconds into overtime to lift Toronto. Kubina had tied it with just over five minutes remaining with a power-play goal.

NOTABLE

• Minnesota Wild forward Derek Boogaard was suspended five games by the NHL for elbowing Calgary's Brandon Prust in the head Friday.

-- Associated Press

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